Amino Acid Sequence and Molecular Modelling of a Lipid Transfer Protein from Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) Seeds.

Title: Amino Acid Sequence and Molecular Modelling of a Lipid Transfer Protein from Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) Seeds.

Volume: 8 Issue: 4

Author(s): Suzanne Luckett, Richard B. Sessions, Louise Michaelson, Michael J. Naldrett, Anthony R. Clarke, Roger Fido, Arthur S. Tatham and Peter R. Shewry

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Keywords: AMINO ACID SEQUENCE, MOLECULAR MODELLING, LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN, HELIANTHUS ANNUS, Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy

Abstract: The major lipid transfer protein has been purified from sunflower seeds and its amino acid sequence determined. An homology model has been built based on the rice LTP, which suggests that the protein can bind palmitic acid. The sequence may therefore correspond to previously characterized proteins with lipid transfer and antifungal activities.

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Luckett Suzanne, Sessions B. Richard, Michaelson Louise, Naldrett J. Michael, Clarke R. Anthony, Fido Roger, Tatham S. Arthur and Shewry R. Peter, Amino Acid Sequence and Molecular Modelling of a Lipid Transfer Protein from Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) Seeds., Protein & Peptide Letters 2001; 8 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866013409319